Publisher's Synopsis
"He plots a mystery as well as any other writer alive." TIME MAGAZINE This was the juiciest story investigative journalist Cosmo Horrocks had had in years; a Catholic priest accused of impropriety with a teenage unmarried mother, and fraudulent use of parish funds. The parish of St Catherine's in Shipley is torn apart by the scandal. The men, cynically, assume Father Pardoe is guilty, the women campaign to have his side of the story heard and Cosmo soon finds himself out of his depth. The investigation reveals shady goings-on in high places and when the truth is finally learned, both parish and town have the wraps whipped away from their apparently happy and respectable existence.
